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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two men are seated holding guitars in luthier Leo Uhlmeyer's store. There are more instruments on the floor in front of them and hanging on the wall behind... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a guitar maker's workshop, with a workbench, tools, guitars, and other stringed instruments. In the foreground, there is a ghostly image of a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by the Hon. John Richards and completed in about 1852. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the entrance to the Richards' Octagon House. |
| Date: | 01 30 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the celebration welcoming the first streetcar into Watertown. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Sign along STH 19 near Watertown advertising the community's free tourist camp. One of the many problems associated with automobile travel during the earl... |
| Date: | 09 1917 |
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| Description: | A man is posing standing and holding the steering wheel, and a boy is sitting in the passenger seat of an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by F... |
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| Description: | Crowds of individuals assembled on the sides of the street to watch parading soldiers, and Native Americans riding horses. Looking east on Main Street from... |
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| Description: | Man washing and filling glass bottles at the Brenneche and Bergmann Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Woodard & Stone Co. on the first block of North Water Street. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Looking south at street corner. There is a brick building, with a sign that says "Printing Office," and a pharmacy to the right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An interior view of Brennecke and Bergmann Pharmacy on the corner 4th and Main Street. Two children are sitting on a chair in the middle of the floor, whil... |
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